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Pillar of the Community
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Well written and welcome back.
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Moderator
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back to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I vaguely remember your user name but welcome back.
Always nice to have another Canuck contributing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Welcome back, Pocket change. Great to see that everything is fine. You will not see some huge change in RCM offerings. And in general everyone can find something for their taste. Face value items discontinued . RCM developed entry level 1/4 oz coin series on card. Peace dollar series started. Renewed Silver Dollar series takes unexpected directions. Renewed Half Dollar seems to be ended towards Renewed Toonie. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Welcome back! I've wondered about you over the years. Glad to see your return!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pillar of the Community
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@TNG I have 7 strains of fancy guppies and a tank of culls. The culls have crossed with a couple of mollies from the neighbour. So I have had interesting looking muppies. I really enjoy my livebears, especially the varieties of swords and platies. Then I have an assortment of community fish. Lastly I have a 13 inch Carpo Knife, which is orange and brown striped.
I at times wonder what it the two hobbies are compatible, as it can get a tad humid in the summer. Last summer with an Alberta heat wave, my built in dehumidifier was running 3/4 of the time! Thank you for your welcome back! I start in tropical fish hobby also in the 70's. My mom had about 20 tanks and was breeding a variety of different tropical fish. Both hobbies have changed drastically over the decades! As I age I don't enjoy going out in winter weather more than is necessary. So it's important to keep busy with a couple of hobbies, to stimulate the mind!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's great to be back and catch up! I'm surprised that it's been 9 and a half years already since I signed up! I appreciate all of the welcome backs! It will be interesting to read what both new and old members have to say about all aspects of the hobby! I also collect Pre 1967 silver and large cents. I had an interesting read on the 2017 commemorative 7 oz penny set! It was a most informative discussion. I stumbled across the set yesterday, when search for proof silver 2017 sets. It seems like the RCM went a little crazy with the variety of proof silver circulation and other non silver coin sets! What are people's opinions on the offerings for 2017? The one thing I have noticed is mintages have gotten smaller! Do they still pump out too many offerings? I'm thinking 2017 may have been an unusual year for sets? I know I'm going to enjoy catching up with reading about the coins from the years I missed. It wonderful to see so many people from 9 years ago and to meet new people who've entered the hobby since I was away.,The discussions are always interesting, as there can be many views on both topics and coins! It's sort of odd as when I joined my mobility was limited by hip pain and needing a hip replacement. This time it's lower back pain and another possible back surgery. So coin collecting and discussion are well suited for a seditary hobby . My challenge is when I go to look for certain coins and they're under 10-15 lbs of others. I managed to collect a lot in almost 10 years &  . I still enjoy the singles. However now I'm more focused, as I realize how much room coins in packaging takes up! |
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Pillar of the Community
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I managed to complete the entire Canadian large and small cents up to the 60s  . I also wonder where everybody else went from threads past  , what are they up to, and I probably would have wondered about you also... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome back!
I'm a fish guy also. Had densely planted tanks for years, used to have Congo tetras and fancy plecos than went to Australian rainbows. Sadly in Hurricane Sandy we had no power for a week and all the fish died. I went to African cichlids as my water is hard and I didn't want to ion filter the water any more. I got 6 cichlids and now have about 20 all tank bread from the original 6. I can't keep plants as the cichlids move and kill them all. I may eventually go back to a planted tank but the cichlids keep on breeding. I also have a small 10 gallon colony tank of Malawi snail cichlids that is about 20 years old. Other than an ancistrus fan tail pleco that passed away after 12 years same fish type, all tank bred. That one is densely planted. The snail cichlids are small so they don't cause damage to the plants.
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12/20/2021 9:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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pocket change 50, I think I might fire up my tank and let it naturally produce guppies again. It will be a survival of the fittest situation. Call me weird but watching busy catfish, snails and plecostomus clean up the glass fascinated me. Guppies can be low maintenance. I don't know anyplace nearby to get fish. Maybe Craigslist can hook me up. Well, every time we have somebody over in the basement my wife wants to give away the tank and all and I keep saying NO! lol  LATE EDIT:  I did just post on CL  Wanted - A small collection of livebearing tropical fish
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12/21/2021 11:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Here are quick pictures of my tanks.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@mrwhatisit What an amazing accomplishment, you must be feeling thrilled  . There's how many cents in your collection? I'm also wondering how you have chosen to display/store them? The large cents are another passion of mine. One day if I ever win a lottery, I'd love to have several large Vicky's with some reddish tones or even George V or VII in that order. The small cent design has taken years for the design to grow on me. I've finally come around to seeing its beauty! I drool over the vine of leaves and use of cent in the design of the large cent! A thought just occurred to me, I wonder if over a 150 years ago people grumbled about coins making a hole in their pocket or the weight? I know there were people grumbling about this very thing, when the loonie and twoonie were introduced. I miss finding cents when out for a walk. It was a cool little surprise! Especially when the sun caught a newly minted cent. It's taken me a few years to stop referring to cents as pennies! As it was so commonly used in speech! Are you going to continue on to 2012? I'd enjoy seeing a few photos of your large cents! I sometimes wonder what prices those large cents are going for, which were found in rolls? I believe the auction was around 2013, I recall it was in Feb! It's always encouraging and exciting to hear when a person has reached a challenging goal! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@hfjacinto wow those are nice African's , interesting that you also have shell dwellers. It doesn't take long for fish to reproduce!! I heard with Africans a person needs to keep them a bit crowded with lots of caves or decore to break up sight lines, due to the aggression factor. I had convicts for 3 years in with my Knife. As cichlids are known for digging up a tank, I managed to outsmart 11 adult convicts. I used Jungle Val, buried deep in big deep containers. The top layer I used a couple very heavy rocks to anchor the plants in their containers. It's worked well for over 2 years now. The last 4 months that 55 gal is down to 2 convicts and my 13"'knife. I actually got so into the fish hobby, I started a YouTube channel. It was doing very well as I got involved with the fishtuber community. Then my mom's health changed and so did my son's. So I haven't had time in months to post new videos! I even bought a 200gal tank with a 90 gal sump. I still need to find room for it. When I bought it from my neighbour, my young son moved out. Now he's home and I finished cleaning out mom's room at the care home in November. So it's going to take some organization to try and fit everything in. Having it in a pleasing set up. I had expected to be an empty nester. My proposed fish room got turned back into a bedroom. . It's nice to have 2 hobbies to switch my attention between! It's cool to meet another person who enjoys both hobbies! I also met a few people who have YouTube coin channels. There's 1-2 Canadians with coin channels. I've seen a couple of American collectors do auctions on YouTube. So it seems people are getting inventive with the hobby and introducing it to the younger generations. Through using this media, people don't need to be limited, if you live hours from coin dealers or a regular community. It seems like the trend is moving more and more to doing things online. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@TNG it's usually how I have my community tanks set up. One 55 gal had guppies a yr old rainbow shark, common pleco, mated pair of angels, 3 yearling pink convicts, who grew up in the tank. Along with guppies, platies, swords. I had plenty of hiding places. It had wood, plants and many rock formations! Moss is great for babies to hide in while growing up. It also contains food that fry can feed on until at least 10 days old. Floating plants are great for fry to hide in. The one mistake I made was getting a self cloning crayfish!! In a year when I noticed fewer guppies and my jungle Val getting shorter, I dismantled my 55 gal. I was horrified to find 150 self cloning crayfish of all sizes!  . I moved them outside and local cats got a few. A couple went walk about. I was relieved when they passed to crayfish heaven, one night when the temperatures dropped suddenly. I also rarely keep a heater on., The exception is in weather gets -20 c or lower. As many tanks are in front of windows, so I can grow plants without special lights. I enjoy doing little experiments to see what will happen! |
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